Exhibiting apparatus or amusement device



Aug. 7, 1928. I 1,679,755 A. V. WARRIN BXHIBI'I'ING AYPARATUS 0R USSIBNTDEVICE Filed July 2, 192"! 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mv'mon Alonzo V.Warien ATT 5Aug. 7, 1928.

A. v. WARREN BXHIBITIIIG APPARATUS OR mswl' DEVICE Filed July 2, 1927 2Shoots-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Alonzo V. Warren K BY Q ATTORNEYS reference tothe Patented Aug. 'i, 1928.

, VUNITED STATES ALONZO V. WARREN,

or HASTINGS UroN HUD-SOIL NEW Yam EXHIBITING APPARATUS 0R AMUSEMENTDEVICE.

- Application filed July 2,

This invention relates to an exhibiting apparatus or amusement device,and has special rovision of an apparatus embodying movable figures whichmay be employed as a changeable exhibitor for advertising purposes or asan. operatable figure toy for amusement purposes.

The prime object of my present invention centers about the provision ofai changeable exhibiting device or operatable figure toy embodying afigure or figures made up or comprising a piiirality of articulatedmembers so organized that movement imparted to one of said membersimparts a distinctive motion or o erati'on to the other of the members.and e ects a characteristic operation of the figure as a whole.

A further prime object of my present invention is directed to theprovision of a device utilizable as achangeable exhibitor or figure toyof the character referred to designed and constructed so that the articulated figure mounted on any suitable support may be operated by theprovision of simple mechanism concealed. by the figure parts with theconstruction such that the operation of the articulated figure servesnot only to attract or to amuse, but to excite the curiosity of theobserver. v

While in the present application I show the embodiment of the inventionas comprising the figure of an animal and a rider therefor,v it will beobvious that the invention is not limited to this specific form of theembodiment disclosed herein, and that the same principle of operationand or anization of parts may be applied to any flgure or any type ofarticulated device, all as hereinafter more particularly described andsought to be defined in the claims, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings which show the preferred embodiment of myinvention, and mwhich s I is a. front view of a construction embodyingmy invention showing the various articulated members of the figures inone Rosition,v c j Fig. 2" is a similar View showing the articulated.members of the figure in another position, 7

Fig.3. a rear view of the. same, P

Fi e 4' is a view taken in cross section in the plane of' the line 4-4,1, and p Fig. 5 is a-view taken in cross section in the plane. of theline 5 -5, F ig, 1

Referring, now more in detail tothe draw- 1927. Serial No. 203,003.

ings wherein I show one of the forms which my invention may take, theexhibiting apparatus or amusement device comprises in one of its genericaspects a support A made preferably in the form of a base plate and anarticulated or jointed figure B consisting a driving means generallydesignated as C j which projects through the support A to the rearthereof, the saiddrivingfmeatns being adapted to be operated to move thefree floating member to: which it is attached so that Whenever anymotion is imparted to said free floating driving member, a distinctivemotion is transmitted to the other members by virtue of the jointed orarticulama relationship therebetween', the motion imparted to all of-themembers being" determined by the anchored points of the Mann bers, thewhole cooperating to give adistinctiveoperation to the figure inaccurate simulation or representation of life-like action.- I

p The figure C 'm'ay comprise any articulated device, figure orcombination of figures and in theembodimentshown in the drawings, thesameis made to represent or sinnp late a horse and rider, the horse andrider figures being jointedl'yf connectedftogether to provide memberswhich are anchored to n the support A and other'membe rs'interconnecting said anchored members to provide the free floatingmembers To produce the desired action in the preferredmanner, ter minalor end members of the jointed figure combination are selected as theanchoringmembers and" an intermediate me ber of the figure combinationis selected as the driving floating member. In the embodig mentillustrat'edl select for the, anchored members the lower jaw member1010f the animal, the extremitysuch as the hoof oft-he leg. member1"1,'the' cop or extremity of the rid'ers hat member 12 and theextremities ofthe hand members 13 and 14,, each of these members beingpreferably pivotall'y art choredj to the support A by any form of piv*-.

otal pins, the same being shown in the form of bolts or screws- 15,, Themanner c,

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of securing the anchored members to the plate support A is clearlyindicated in 1 ot the drawings and as shown in this figure, the membersmay be suitably spaced from the plate support A by means 01 spacingwashers 15 on the screws or bolts 15.

The tree floating members interconnect the anchored members and arepivotally mounted to each other and to said anchored members[ Asillustrated, the central "free floating member 16 which forms the bodyof the animal and which as will hereinai'ter ap pear is taken as thedriving member, is connected to the anchored jaw member 10 by means oithe neck and head members 17 and 18 which function after the manner ofinter connecting links. More specifically the neck member 17 pivotallyattached at its opposite ends to the body member 16 and the head member18 respectively by means oi any form of pivot pins such as the eyeletsor fasteners 19 and 20. The lower portion of the-head 20 is in turnpivotally attached to the lower jaw member 10 by means oi? a similarpivot pin structure 21. Likewise, the body member 16 is ahixed to theanchored lee member 11 by means of a pivot pin structure 22, which pivotpin also serves to connect the other hind leg member parts to the body16, as will be detailed hereinafter. I

The jointed members of the rider figure are similarly interconnected andjointed to the driving body member 16 of the aniinal figure. toreparticularly, the rider ligure is made to comprise a waist portion 23and a thigh portion 24: both pivotally jointed together as at 25, thesaid joint 25 serv ing for pivotally connecting both waist and thighportions to the animal body 16 (see Fig. To the thigh portion ispivotally attached by the pivot pin structure 26 a l rcely movablebootmember 26. The Waist portion 23 is pivot-ally attached by the pivotpin element 27 to a neck member 28 of the figure, which neck member isin turn pivlot-ally connected by the element 29 to the riders hat andhead member 12. The waist member 23 is also connected to the anchoredhand members 13 and let by means oi the members "which comprise or makeup the riders arms. Thus, the right arm con 'sisting of the members 30and 31 are oin'ted together as at 32 and the extremities or these arms.are pivotally connected to the hand 14 and waist members 23respectively by means of the pivot pin structures 33 and 3drespectively. Similarly, the left arm comprising the members 35 and 36are joint ed together as at 37 and the extremities of these arms arepivotally connected to the hand member 13 and the waist member 23 bymeans of the pivot pin elements 38 and respectively.

' With the provision of this construction ll ave s may impart movementto any one 011' the free floating or anchored members to secure thedesired "niulated movement of animal and rider. erably for producingease of motion and simplicity of operation I prefer to utilize theintermediate body member 16 as the driving element. Accordingly, thedriving means G which in its simplest form comprises a rod adapted to beoperated manuall or b an motor mechanism is -se J J a w H 1 cured to thetree rloatmg body memberlti,

in th manner best depicted in Figs. 3 and 1 ol the drawin s. The baseplate support A is provided with an opening 39 through which this rodprojects and the wall of said opening deiines a guide means for guidingthe motion of the driving rod C. This mo tion is preferably in aclosed'path and may be linear, circular or of any other form. In theconstruction exemplified 1 make this opening circular so that thedriving element may be operated with convenience and ease and by means01 simple apparatus. W hen the drving element U'is rotated in itscircular orbit as indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1 and 2 ot' thedrawings, the various members of the animal and rider figures are movedin natural simulationof ariding action, the anchored members guiding theparts in their movements to produce a di tinctive operation of all ofthe members and the ensemble.

Some of the members of the articulated figure may be attached to the o1eratedmemhers for tree motion and this is illustrated by the iorelegs 10and 11 and one of the rear legs 12 oi the animal, these logs being shownmade either in the form of a single member or jointed membersatlixedrespectively to one of the free floating members of the animal.Thus, tlr r'orelegs are. secured pivotally to the body member 16 bymeans or" the pivoted pin structure 12 and the rear hind legs designatedas a whole as 13 are secured to the body member 16 by means of the pivotpin'22. I j

In. order to additionally vary the motion of some of the members andparticularly. in order to impart to the legs of the animal a motionsimulating the movement of'a running animal, the guiding devices 4:4.and 45 in the form of fixed pins are provided on the face of the baseplate A, the said devices being so disposed that they remain in con:tact with the leg structures -11 and 43 ofthe animal during the motionof such-legs. .The legs bein articulated in the manner shown and hayfree ends as shown, always rest on the guidingdevices 32 and 33, and.the articulated parts. thereof will move with relation to each other andVith relationto the base plate 10:

To add to the attractive. action olith-e fig-v ure parts It prefer toprovide a movement of the eyes of either the rider or animal or Illboth, this beingobtained by interrelatingthe jointed parts-so that theeye; are given a motion during the movement of the body parts otthefigures. More specifically, the head 18 of the animal as well as thehead member 12 ot the rider. are provided with eye openings .tG-and 47respectively, and the neck members 17 and 28 respectively of both animaland rider are'provided with extensions having thereon representations ofan eye which are disposed immediately behind the said openings 46 and47, as will clearly be seen on consideration'of Figs. land 2- of thedrawings. When motion isimparted to the' articulated figures, therepresentations of the eye move with relation to the openings as will beseen by comparison of Figs. 1 and 2 ot the drawings, with the resultthat an amusing movement of the eye is simulated;

Inorder to give the members of both the horse and rider figures thedesired spacing and to prevent an excessive amount of triction betweenthe'parts, it may be-desired to duplicate parts of the members, the samebeing arranged to space the other members of the ensemble. Thus, theWaist member 23 of the rider is duplicated by the part 48 and the headmember 12 of the rider is similarly duplicated by the part 49, thisbeing; arranged and spaced asbest indicated in Fig. {l of the drawings.l v The manner of making, assembling and using the exhibiting oramusement apparatus of my present invention will, in the main,{b e fullyapparent from the above detailed decription thereof; it will'be seenthat the operation of thedriving element C by movement of thesame in acircular orbit will impart movement to all of the members of the figureswith the result that a distinctive characteristic operation of theensemble is produced. It will also be seen that the anchoring means inaddition to guiding the parts of the figures to effect the desiredmovement of the name, also serve to fixedly attach all the articulatedmembers firmly to the base support; The operating or driving means isalso so related to the figures as to be concealed by the figure parts sothat the operation of the device serves not only to attract but toexcite the curiosity of the observer.

It will. also be apparent that while I have shown and described myinvention in the preferred form, many changes and modifications may bemade in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of theinvention, defined in the following claims. I

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising fiat extended support,a figure formed of a plurality of articulated members, joints connectingsaid members, free ends of some of said members being anchored at spacedpoints to said flat extended support, and means foractuating one of saidmembers so as to impart movement through the medium of said joints tothe other of said members in a manner determined by the saidanchoredpoints of the members Whereby a distinctive operation is imparted tothefigure as a whole. g

2. A device of the character described comprising a plate support, afigure formed of a plurality of articulated members, joints connectingsaid members, extremities of some of said members being anchored atspaced points to said plate support, such anchor ing of some of saidmembers producing intermediately positioned free floating members, andmeans for actuating one of said such anchoring of some of said memberspro ducing intermediately positioned free floating members, and meansfor actuating a free floating member'so as to impart movement throughthe medium of said joints to the other of said members in a mannerdetermined by the said anchored points of the members whereby adistinctive operation is imparted to the figure as a whole.

4. A device of the character described comprising a plate support, afigure formed of a plurality of articulated flat-shaped members, ointsconnecting the said members, free ends of some of said members be-g.

ing anchored at spaced points to said plate support, and means foractuating one of said members so as to impart movement through themedium of said joints to the other of said members in a manner determined by the said anchored points of the members whereby 'a distinctiveoperation'is imparted to the figureas a whole.

5. A device of the character described comprising a flat extendedsupport, a figure formed of a plurality of articulated members, jointsconnecting said members, free ends of some of said members beinganchored at spaced points over the front of said support, means foractuating one of said members so as to impart movement through themedium of said joints to the other of said members in a mannerdetermined by the said anchored points of the members, and devices onsaid support for guiding the movement of the members, said devices'andmeans cooperating so that a distinctive operation is imparted to thefigure upon operation of said means.

6. A device of the character described comprising an extended supportplate having an opening therein, a figure consisting of, a plurality ofarticulated members movable with relation to each other disposed on saidplate, joints connecting said members, some of said members beingpivotally anchored at spaced points to said plate, and means passingthrough the opening in said plate for actuating one of said members toimpart movement through the medium of said oints to the other members ina manner determined by the anchored points of the members whereby adistinctive operation is imparted to the figure.

7. A device of the character described comprising a plate having anopening therein, a figure consisting oi a plurality out an ticulatedmembers disposed on said plate and over said opening, joints connectingsaid members, free ends of some of said members being anchored at spacedpoints to said plate, and means passing through the opening in saidplate connected to one of said members for actuatin said one of saidmembers, the wall of said opening defining .a guide means for saidactuating means and operation of said actuating means serving to impartmovement to all of the members in amanner determined by the anchoredpoints of the members whereby a distinctive operation is imparted to thefigure.

8. A device of the character described comprising a flat extendedsupport, a figure formed of a plurality of articulated members arrangedover said support, joints connecting said members, free ends of some ofsaid members being anchored at spaced points to said flat extendedsupport, an element connected to one of said members and extendingrearwardly of said, support through an opening thereof, the saidelementbeing movable cyclically in a closed path in said opening for impartingmove ment to said one of said members and throughthe medium thereof andsaid joints to the other of said members in a manner determined by saidanchored points of the members whereby adistinctive operation isimparted to the figure as a whole.

9. A device of the character described comprising a fiat extendedsupport, a plurality oi figures representing a horse and rider formed ofa plurality of articulated members arranged over said support, jointsconnecting said members, free ends of some of said members beinganchored at spaced points to said flat extended support, an elementconnected to an intermediate one of said members and extendingrearwardly of said support through an opening thereof, the said elementbeing movable cyclically in a closed path in said opening for impartingmovement to said one of said members and through the medium thereofandsaid joints to the other of said members in a manner de termined bysaid anchored points of the members whereby an operation is imparted tothe said figures simulating a galloping horse and rider.

Signed at New York in the county of New 7 York and State of New Yorkthis 25th day of June, A. D. 1927.

ALONZO V. WVARREN.

